The project is integrated into the International Geoscience Programme, Projects 495 “Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Driving Mechanisms and Coastal Responses” (2005-2009, project leaders: A. Long, M.S. Islam), 521 “Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridor during the last 30 ka: sea level change and human adaptation” (2005-2009, project leaders: V. Yanko-Hombach and colleagues), and 567 “Earthquake Archaeology. Archaeoseismology along the Alpine-Himalayan seismic zone” (2008-2012, project leaders: M. Sintubin, I. Stewart, T. Niemi, E. Altunel).Further co-operating partners are listed below.
Archaeology
Prof. Dr. Franziska Lang, Department of Classical Archaeology, Universität Darmstadt
Dr. Maria Stavropoulou, 26th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Mesolongion, Greece, and Dr. Lazaros Kolonas, Honorary General Director of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Athens/Patras, Greece
Geochronology
Dr. Susan Ivy-Ochs, Eidgenössisch-Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institute for Particle Physics, and Universität Zürich-Irchel, Switzerland
Dr. Alexandra Hilgers, Cologne Luminescence Laboratory, Universität zu Köln
Geomorphology and tsunami science
Prof. Dr. Guiseppe Mastronuzzi, Dipartimento di Geologia e Geofisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy, and Prof. Dr. Paolo Sansò, Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Lecce, Italy
Prof. Dr. Hampik Maroukian, Prof. Dr. K. Gaki-Papanastassiou, Department of Climatology and Geomorphology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dr. Bruce Richmond, USGS, Pacific Science Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Team, Tsunami Research Group, Santa Cruz, United States of America
Prof. Dr. Costas Synolakis, Tsunami Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America, and Technical University of Crete, Chanea, Greece
Geology, Tectonics and Geophysics
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Fountoulis, Prof. Dr. Iias Mariolakos, Department of Geology and Applied Tectonics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Dr. Rainer Herd, Rohstoff- und Ressourcenwirtschaft, Brandenburgisch-Technische Universität Cottbus, Cottbus
Dr. Vasilis Kapsimalis, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Athens/Anavyssos, Greece
Dr. Dimitris Papanastassiou, National Observatory of Athens, Institute of Geodynamics, Athens, Greece
Dr. Dimitris Sakellariou, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Athens/Anavyssos, Greece
Palaeoenvironmental analyses
Prof. Dr. Oliver Nelle, Ecology Center, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel